Volunteer With Us

The Stop began as a volunteer-run organization in the 1970s, and volunteers still play a vital role in every aspect of our work.

Many volunteers have experience with issues facing our community, such as unemployment, poverty, and homelessness. This creates a unique sense of community in a non-judgmental and empathetic environment.

About Volunteering

At The Stop, we ask all volunteers to make a commitment of one shift per week, for a minimum of 4-6 months. Most of our available roles available are in our Drop-in, Food Bank, and Good Food Market. Volunteer shifts are 4-hours long, usually between the period of 8AM to 3:30PM.

People interested in volunteering are asked to attend our monthly volunteer information session, and will be contacted following that about coming in for an interview. The next volunteer information session will be on Monday, April 15th from 10AM-11:30AM at our 1884 Davenport Road location. Please RSVP with Sumayah to attend.

Seeking Tax Clinic Volunteers

Volunteering at Events

To volunteer at our fundraising events like The Stop’s Night Market and What’s on the Table, please complete and submit the event volunteer registration form. We’ll then email you when volunteer opportunities arise (max 4 times a year).

You’re not required to attend a Volunteer Information Session or make an ongoing time commitment to volunteer at events, and you’ll receive specific training and support—plus a delicious meal!

Corporate Volunteer Program

The Stop’s volunteer program is unique in that most roles are filled by community members who use our services. As such, we have a limited number of corporate volunteer opportunities available in our programs.

We typically reserve these opportunities for our corporate donors and sponsors supporting us at the $5,000 level and above.

If you’d like to volunteer your staff outside of our programming, we always need volunteers at our fundraising events! Please fill out this form and we will email you with these opportunities (max 4 times a year). We do not require the $5,000 support to have a group volunteer at our events.

We also encourage you to imagine unique volunteer opportunities that are tailored to your employees’ skill-sets. As an example, we’ve had a design team from FreshBooks lead our fundraising department in a workshop on user experience design thinking. We do not require the $5,000 support for these types of opportunities.